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ATTQRNEY E. D. ANDERSON PACKING MACHINE Junezs,192f;.v 1,588,156

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Patented June s, 1926.;

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ERNEST '.D. ANDERSON, OF YORK, N. Y.

PACKING MACHINE.

Application led November ticles or packages of goods in boxes or conserve the markings on the goods.

tainers in such away that the designations aforesaid will appear to view in a faced position, whereby a purchasermay readily ob- Some goods, such as candies, lozenges and the like, are sold in packages containing a number of the candies or llozenges side by side and` enclosed within a label upon which the designations and flavor of the candies or lozenges appear,- and in accordance with my in-v vention such -`labeled packages may be expeditiously charged into appropriate boxes or cartons with a designation on the wrappers in faced position.

In carrying ont" my invention I provide.

means A to supply articles successively to means adapted to face or rotate such articles into a corresponding lrelationship successively with respect to the location of a designation thereon andas respects their final position of de osit, in conjunction with means 'to trans er such articles successively for insertion in a box or carton, Aas in a position side vby side therein, with the designations on the articles uppermost or in faced position to be observed while within the box or carton. My invention further comprises novel details of improvement that will be more fully hereinafter set forth and then pointed'out in. the claims.

lReference iS tobe had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, where- Fig. 1 is \a sideelevation of a machine embodying my invention; 1

Fig. 2- is a side levationof a portion' of the machine showing partsv in` adifferent sition from that shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is an enlarged -eross section parf tially onthe plane of line 3,3, in Fig. 1;

,line 16, 16, in Fig. 1;

Fig.` 16a is a partly sectional plan view of 2s, 1925. serial no. 71,971.

Fig. 3 is a detail side view illustrating an article held by grippers for'deposit;

Fig. 4 is a detail section 'substantially on the plane of 'line 4, 4, in Fig. 3;

Fig.' 5 is .an enlarged deta1l view of parts shown in Fig. 4;

Figa 6 is an enlar ed detail plan'view, partly in section, i ustrating devices for rotatmg the articles and transferring lthem to a place of deposit;

Fig. 7 is a sectlonal detail plan view substantially on the plane Figs. 8 and 9 are .means for the articles;

Fig. 11 -is a fragmentary View illustrating a portion of a receiver for the articles preparatory to placing them in a box or carton;

shown inFig. 7;

Fig. 13 is a side elevation of a portion of the machine; D

Fig. 14 is aplan view, partly ,in section on line 14, 14, in Fig. 13;

Fig. 15 is an enlarged ofthe means for feeding the articles during assembly side by side; A Fig.- 16 is a partly tional vplan view of a portion of the machine,

`the article rotating devices;

Fig. 17 is a cross section substantially on the plane of line 17, 17 in Fig. 16;

Figs. 18 and 19 are perspective details of the rece1ver Fig.. 2() is a vperspective view illustrating the parts in position for introducing the, assembled articles Into a box or carton;

Fig. 21 is a cross sectional view illustrating the entry of the assembled articles into a box or carton; and" Y Fig. 22.is a perspective view illustratin the box or carton containing the assemble articles. s

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts inthe several views.

Articles or packages of goods, indicated at A, to be acked in boxes or cartons, indicated at or desired variety having labels A secured around the goods, (Fig. 5), as by means of suitable adhesive inany well known way. I

detail view ofl part substantially on may be .of any well known' of line 7,7, in Fig. 5; detail-side views .of parts shown in Fig. 7, illustrating diierent- Fig-12 is aperspective view of parts for the artlcles to be assembled; i

- 'make use of the exposed or projecting edge portionsv a of the labels on the articles or packages of goods to determine the final of goods A are assumed to be of the variety in which a plurality of candies or lozenges are placed side by side and enclosed in a wrapper D, as of tin foil, around which the label A is secured, (Fig. such as' illustrated in my Letters Patent No., 1,516,902, granted November 25, 1.924. The articles or packages of goods A may be made 1n any desired or well known way, and ma be delivered into position to be packe t 1n acdordance with my present lmprovements,

such as upon a support or retainer 1 secured to spaced uprights 2 extending from arms or a bracket 3, which may,be supported in Ials the machine frame in any suitable way, (Figs. 1, 3 and 16). In Fig. 1/ 1 have illustrated a portion of the wrapplng and labeling machine disclosed in the aforesaid Letters Patent, at the delivery end thereof, for the wrapped and llabeled candies, the main frame 4 of which supports the arms or bracket 3, (Fig. 1). Y

In the example illustrated, (Flg. 1), a

conveyor or belt 5 receives the wrapped and labeled articles A from the wrapping and. labeling machine, wherein the labels are applied upon the wrapped packages or, articles Iby means of the rollers 165, 166, the latter being carried by rock arms 167 -on shaft 168, whereby when the packages have been labeled the roller 1 66 will move away from roller 165 to release the labeledpackages to be transferred to the conveyor 5, such as by beingv -deposited in a delivery chute 172 of-.the wrapping and labeling machine, the delivery end of which chute extends over the conveyor 5 for delivering the wrapped articles thereto. The labeling devices described and `illustra-ted in Fig. 1 are similar to those set forth in my aforesaid Letters Patent, to fwhich reference is. made for a 'more full description of suitable wrapping and labelingmeans for thel roduction of the wrapped and labeled artleles A. The wrapped and labeled articles A may be producedin Q any other well known or' desired way, rand may be fed to the conveyory 5'infany suitable way, ormanually. The conveyor`- belt 5 may be operated stepby-step, asfinpcon'sonance with the succes- `sive labelinfo'f the articles, by means of afratchet' w eelf'6 secured upon the' shaft 7 of the roll 8 `at the delivery end `of conv eyor 5,. over", -which 1, the endless conveyor 5 travels f from'tlie inner supporting roll 9, shown vlocated beneath the delivery end of and with rock arm 133 carried by shaft 134 Y l supported by the frame of the wrapping and labeling machine, the arm 133 being pivotally connected with link 136 that is cooperative with cam 137 on shaft 100,I driven by belt 1,00l on wheel 100h whereby vwhen arm 133 is rocked the lever 10 will cause step-by-ste operation of the conveyor 5 to feed the artlcles A to the retainer 1.

The retainer 1 is shown comprising platelike member 1a, (Figs. 5 and 6), to the delivery end of which is attached an abutment piece 1", as by means of screws 13,

which abutment piece is fshown provided .with prongs or lingers 1 extending thro'u h slots .1d in the lower end of the retainer, t e

prongs or fingers being upwardly bent to'Y extend in the path of the articles A as they roll along the retainer to act as a stop for the articles at the delivery end of the retainer.

I provide means lto engage thearticles A (on theretainer) and rotate them axially in such a way that the edges a of the labels A will encounter, during rotation, one or more stops 13 which are freely journaled upon a rod 14 secured between the upri hts 2, (Figs. 3 and 4), to stop rotation of t e articles with their designations A2 in a definitel or faced position with respect to their` final position of deposit. The sto s` 13 may be resisted by light springs 15 sliown projecting from aA strip 13 from lateral displacement, (Figs. 3 and 5). Means for rotating the articles A are shown as follows: members 18, 18a slidably supported in bearings or bores -19 in up' rights 2 and located adjacent to opposite .sides of the retainer 1 are adapted to engage the ends of articles A resting atthe abutments l, (Figs. 3 and 16a), which members 18 'are adapted to be advanced against Athe ends of the' articles A to grip and rotate the same, and to be separated to release the articles. Shafts v20, 20, are rotative in the therein, such means being provided between the shafts 20, 20 and members 18, 18a. The shafts 20, 20 are reduced'l at their inner ends at 2Oa to enter bres in the adjacent ends of the members 18, 18, which members frictionally engage the adjacent end of the 15a that is secured by` screws 16 vto the hubs 17 that-project from Y the uprights 2, which hubs retain the stops los v 4bores 19and are `longitudinally movable 1.29

corresponding member 18, 18`. `The clutch members 23 are provided with slots 24 relatter against the corresponding member 18,

` cated back and forth for each article i ters Patent.

- vco Ashaft 100 of 18, the pins and slots limiting the inward sliding ofsaid members and clutches 23 to- -ward the interposed article A, (Fig. 3).

The shafts 20, are adapted to be reci ro- 't0 be rotated, for which purpose levers 28, 28 are pivotally supported at 29 upon brackets 430 extending 'laterally from the uprights 2, (Figs. 6, 16 and, 16), the corresponding ends of said levers being forked at 28", (Fig. 3), to receive the adjacent ends of the shafts 20, 20', and to operate against spaced stops` '31 on said shafts. The opposite end of each lever 28, 28 is forked' and operated by means of a pin 32 on a sliding rod 33, 33', carried in bearings 34 upon upiights 2, which rods are adapted to be reciprocated, (Figs. 6 and 16). A cam 35, 35 forv each rod is adapted to engage an abutment 36, 36 on the corresponding rod 33, 33', spring 37 ,located between and cooperating with said abutments, serving with an expansion pressure normally to retain the stops 36, 36' against the cams 35, 1.- The inner end s of rods 33, 33' are shown slidable within tube 37 that is encircled by the spring 37, (Fig.

16). The cams 35 and 35 are shown attached to a transverse bar 38 connected with link 12, (Figs. 1, 6 and 16), whereby as the latter is reciprocated the vcams will be reciprocated for alternately forcing the members 18, 18 against the ends ofan .article A located at the retainer abutment 1h and releasing the article, and `so on vfor successive articles fed to the retainer. The shafts 20, 20' are provided with gears 39, 39 that are in mesh with corresponding gears 40, 40, located on opposite sides of the machine, (Figs. 3, 16 andV 16), which gears 40, 40 are secured upon a shaft 41 'ournaled 'in bearings on the uprights' 2, sai shaft beingV shown provided with a sprocket wheel 42 'receiving drive, chain 43, which may be sprocket wheel 44 secured on the wrapping and labeling machine, indicated in Fig. 1, which shaft may be driven as set forth in my aforesaid Letdriven by a In accordance with the arts so far described it will be understood and the timing of the parts will be such, that each time an article A rests at the retainer parts 1, 1 the continually rotating members 18 will be advancedV (by the retreat of cams 35,35 in the direction of the arrow inzFig. 16 and the expansion ofthe spring 37) to engage the corresponding'endsof said article, and

the latter will be rotated through the medium of the gslssure of therelatively light springs 26. en the edge a of-label A lengages the stop or stops 13 the rotation of such article will be arrested and continued rotation of the shafts 20,20', without further rotating the article A located between fthe members 18,18, will be permitted by' the slipping of the frictional surfaces between said members and the corresponding `c1ntch"-.member 23 temporarily, and ythereupon the cams 35, 35 will advance reverselyl to the arrow in Fig. 16 to operate the rods 33, 33', to cause tilting of levers 28, 28 and thereby effect outward movement of thc shafts 20, 20 and withdrawal of the members 18, 18 from the ends of said article A to release it. C

When the article A has been positioned with its projection or label edge a.against the stop or stops 13, (Fig. 5), in manner stated, the designation on-tl1e article and .its label will have been brought to a definite faced position with respect to the position in which the article A will finallyA be faced within the box` or carton 'B. When the members 18, 18 have' been withdrawn from the article A suitable gripping means will grasp such article :and 'remove it from the retainer 1 to a place of deposit. for insel'w tion in the box or carton, with the designation on the article in position to be observed-I I have illustrated a pairof grippers comprising spaced rockable arms 45 carried by spaced shafts 46 below the retainer, rockably supported in `bearings in brackets 2 depending from the arms or brackets3, (Figs. 1 and 3),in position to pass the ends of the articles A located upon retainer 1. The arms 45 are provided with .resilient gripping Llingers 45 adapted to grasp the corresponding ends .of the articles A successively as the arms 45 are rocked, said fingers being` shown curved at the free ends for conveniently engaging the ends of the` articles A. The arms 45 are provided with segmental gears 47 in mesh with racks 48, which are carried by bars 49 adapted' to be .reciprocated for rocking the arms 45. 'In the example illustrated in Fig. 1, the bars 49 are connected to the reciprocative bar 64,

which may be reciprocatedl in any suitable or well known way, and corresponds lto bar' I 64 and may be operated as illustrated in my Letters Patent aforesaid, by means of rock arm 65 journaled on shaft 44' and cooperative witha cam 66 on sha-ft 2 2', (Fig. 13).

In accordance with n i'y invention one or more series of articles may be deposited in arow orv side'by side in a box or carton B,

such as illustrated in Fig..22. Atl the time that the arms 45 rock-toward an article A upon retainer 1 .the members 18,-18 will lhave been withdrawn, from said article Ato permit the .arms 45. and their vingei's 45 to iso pass between the adjacent corresponding ends of saidu articles and said members.-v Means may be provided to keep the articles .A from rolling backwardly along retainer 1 at such time and for the purpose I have illustrated the following devices. A presser v which finger is journaled upon a linger 50 is mounted to rock over .the articles A when at the delivery end of the retainer,

ivot 51 carried by one of the uprights 2, Figs. 7, 8, 94 and 12). A link 52 is pivota ly connected with a projecting end portion 50a of v.lingerl 50 and with the. le'ver 28 for rocking the finger.

The arrangement issuch that wlen members 18, 182` move away from article A on the retainer 1 the linger l52 will be advanced to engage such article and i rods 54 at the lower part, said side bars havare provided w1 ing upstanding aced projections 53"Y which upwardly disposed curved springs 55 riveted to projections 53". The

springs are of relatlvel light tension to permit Athe articles A to betweenand be retained suspended by such springs, (Figl 11).

Each time that the arms 45 descend with Van article A and deposits the same between opposing springs- 55 i'n receiver 53 the ingers'45a`areto be spread to release the articles. Means to spread said fin ers are illustrated in Figs. 13 and v14. as ollows: Reciprocative bars b are slidably supported in guides'o carried by the main frame and have inclined end portions b' adapted vto engage the inner surfaces of the fingers 45, outside of the receiver 53, in sucha way that when the lingers 45'L have deposited an article in the receiver the bars'b will advance and their inclined'surfaces b w' e11- gage said` fingers and spread them apart and release them from the .ends ofthe articles sov that the articles will be deposited vin the receiver in definite positions with their designationsuppermost. 'After the arms 45% vhave risen fromthe receiver the rods b will be retracted ready fo'r afurtheradvance on depositing the next article, in thel receiver;`

and so on for each article., Any suitable means may. be provided for reciprocating the rods b,`such as by means f a `cam 05 secured on shaft 22 and adapted to operate a, projection or roller 'eextending from an arm f pivotally supported at g on the main frame and shown provided with a link k.

inserted therethe receiver w astot pivotally connected with said arm and with the rods b, (Fig. 13). i

In the example illustrated it will be assumed that the articles A will be placed in a row or'series in each box B, and a. plurality of such rows of articles may be superposed therein. The receiver 53 is mounted in such a way as to be moved longitudinally step-by-stepI for successive deposits of articlesA therein, such as ten steps, and I also provide means for raising and lowering the receiver 53 to different levels to accommodate superposed rows or seriesv of articlesA. To rovide for the articles in a row there are projections 53 and-springs 55 spaced apart uprights 57 bear upon the flanges 59a for guidmg the frame 59, (Figs 1, 2 and 17).A

The frame 59 carries uprights 61 in pairs' spaced apart for suspending the receiver 53.

, The uprlghts 61 carry` rock arms or levers .62 that arepivotally connected at their inner ends with the extended projections 53 4of receiver 53, the buter ends of which arms are pivotally connected by links 63 with bell-crank levers 65 pivotally supported upon the corresponding uprightslV and connected together by a link 66, to operate in unison,- nected with one-of the bell-cranks 65 and with the frame 59 counterbalances the receiver andthe parts connected therewith A projection 62 from one of the arms 62 is adapted to engage spaced -stops 61a upon one of the arms 61 to retain said arm 62 in diierent'positions of adjustment. The stops igs. 1v and 2). A spring 67 con-y 61* may be spring pressed of any known vaj riety. V'I 'he arrangement just described is such thatwhen one -of arms 62 is tilted, as `from the position shown in'Fig; 1 to the position shown in Fig. 2, the receiver 53 will be moved from an elevated osition (in whichvit receives one row of artlcles A) to a lowered positionjor the deposit u on such l articles of a sulpl rposed row of artleles, and be raised for a subsequent series 'of articles. Means are provided for moving the frame 59 in opposite directions, e rlght in Fig. 1,- to receive the lower or first row or series of articles A, and to the left in Fig. 1 to receive'the upper or second row or series of articles A, for which purpose mechanism is illustrated as follows: From the frame 59 spaced brackets 68 depend and support lower and upper vertically spaced racks 69, 70, which are united together by intermediate bars 71 which are vertically slotted at 72 and receive headed pms or screws 73 projecting from the brackets 68, for slidably guiding the racks 1n a vertical direction and so that the racks will travel back and forth with frame 59,

' i (Figs. 1, 2 and 15). The racks and the bars 71 may be formed in a unitary structure. At 74, 75 are bell-crank levers pivotally sup- I ported upon base 56 at 76, 77. One arm of eaehbell-crank lever is provided with a projection 74, 75* operative in a longitudinal slot 78 in the material of the lower rack 69 for s lidably supporting and for raising and A lowering said racks, `'and the bell-crank levers 74, 75 .are pivotally connected together by a bar 79 so that they will operate in umson. Between the racks is located a gear 80, (Figs. 15 and 17), adapted to be altervl5 nately engaged by the racks 69 and 70 for causing traverse of frame 59 and with it the receiver 53 in opposite directions. The gear 80 is secured upon a shaft 81 journaled upon a bracket 82 carried by. base 56, (Fig. 17).

30 Upon said shaft' a cam 83 is secured and adapted to cooperate with a projection or roller 84 at the end of the upstanding arm of bell-crank 74 for rocking said bell-crank to raise and lower the racks and frame 59,

(Figs. 15 and 17). AA ratchet wheel 85 is secured on shaft 81 and is adapted to be actuated by a pawl 86 carried b a rock arm 87 journaled upon said shaft. he rock arm 87 is pivotally connected with a link 88 that connects with a lever 88 and with rod b to be)reciprocated by the rod b, (Figs. 1 and 13.

'The first position of receiver 53 is elevated to receive a rst row .or series of. 3 articles A, as m F1g. 1, and I provide means' to lower said receiver, -as to the position shown in Fig. y2, to .freceive the second or superposed layer of articles" A,for which purpose devices are arranged' as follows:v

40 One of the arms 62 is provided with a pro.

jection or rollerv 62 adapted to enter the forked end 62b of a rockarm 62c that is pivotally supported on the sha-ft 134 and.

provided with an extendingportion 62d adapted to be operated-b a suitable cam 62 carried by shaft 100, ig. 1). The arrangement such that when receiver 53 has been moved to the right in, Fig. 1 .such adistance that the projection 62n will enter the' fork '62b and the receiver comes to rest when ten articles have been deposited therein the arms 62.will be operated in an upward direction to cause ltilting of the correspond- -ing arm 62 and thereby to effect depression of the receiver 53 to place it on a lower 1ev el, (Fig. 2). When the receiver moves to the left in Fig. 2 for-the deposit therein of a second-or superposed layer or row of articles A the projection 62 will move away from the fork 62b and cam 62.x may thererate arm 62 to again lower kits fork in position to receive the projection 62* after the receiver 53 has been raised in position to receive a lower layer or row of ar- 'after ope A fieles-A, and soy on for each two rows of bearing 9 1, (Fig. 17).

is such that when shaft 93 vis rotated to articles deposited in the receiver. Means for raising the receiver 53 will be described Assuming that there are ten articles A to be deposited in each rowthe ratchet 85 may be provided with twenty two teeth and the cam 83 is appropriately organized in such a way that when the rack 69 vis in mesh with the gear 80 the receiver will be elevated. The rack will be fed step-by-step for tenteetlivof'the ratchet for theA deposit of ten successive articles A in receiver 53, which will travel to the right in Fig. 1, and then on the next step of the ratchet the c am 83l will operate the bell-crank 74 to cause the rack and the frame 59 to be lowered to; unmesh the rack 69 from gear 8O and to mesh rack 70 with gear 80, whereby rack 70 will cause .traverse of frame 59, and receiver 53 to the left in Fig'. 1 for de positing the second row often articles upon the first row step-by-step.

In order to deposit the articles A from receiver 53 into the box or carton B I provide a platform -or support 89 located below the receiver, (Figs. l and' 17), upon which the boxes or cartons AB may be placed and raised within receiver 53 to push the cartons between the articlesA and the springs 55 for charging the vrows -of articles into the cartons, (Fig. 20). The platform 89 is4 provided with a rack bar 90 guided in bearing -91 disposed upwardly from frame 59, (Figs. 1 and 17), which rack is in mesh with a gear 92 frictionally mounted on a rock shaft 93 journaled upon frame 59,'

ter and the platform 89, and is shown provided with, a stem v95 that is guided in a bearing 61aL carried by one of the uprights 61,- (Fig. 1). Said stem ismovably connected with a lever`95a pivotally supported at 61b on bracket 61 and pivotally connected by a link 95b with a crank'arm 93 on shaft A gear 92 is loose on shaft 93 to `which shaft disks 92?, 92" are secured on 0p- 93. The

posite sidesl of the gear, a washer 92c being interposed between the gear and .disk 92h to' frictionally connect thegear with the shaft, (Fig. 16). Stop means limit the up ward movement of platform 89, bei'ng shown in the form -of a vertical slot 90 in rack bar 90 receiving a pin 91"'. carried by a The arrangement cause rising o f the platform with a box the plunger 95 will operate upon the articles in the receiver to resist them.` When the box has been properly inserted in the receiver, with the articles in the box, the rise of the platform Will be stopped by the pin 91a and continuedrotation of shaft 93 will cause descentof the plunger 95 to push on the articles and cause them with vthe box to descend from the receiver, also pushing down the platform to its normal position (to receive another box), which is permitted by the slipping of the friction between the gear 92 and the washer 92. -When the rotation of shaft 93 is reversed the gear 92 will not rotate, due to the slipping of the friction at Washer 92, a-nd the plunger 95 will be raised to the normal position over receiver 53. Each time the platform 89 rises it will engagejthe receiver 53 to raise it to position to receive another first row or series of articles for a succeeding. box B. The shaft 93 may be connected with any suitable clutch of the machine, indicated at93a on a drive shaft 93", (Fig. 13),.thatr Will cause it to stop operation duringthe time that the box is being charged With the articles in the receiver and until the plunger 95 has been suitably raised.

' The cartons or boxes may be charged with the articles directly by'placing the former on the latform 89 and omitting the receiver 53 and) plunger 95, or by inserting the cartons or boxes in the receiverbefore the articles are deposited by the fingers 45a.

Having now described my invention what Iclaim' is:

1. A machine` of the character described comprising means toposition articles bearing designations successively with their deslgnations in a definite position with respectl to their final positionof deposit, means to deposit said articles with their designations in position to be observed, and means to move a serles of deposited artlclesfrom one level to another level to yreceive a second" rowof articles upon the first row with their designations inposition to be observed.

` 2. A machine of the character described comprising means to position articles bearing designations successively with their designations in a definite position with respect to their final position of deposit, receiving means for the articles, means to successivelyiz deposit articles in the receiving means, means to move the receivingv means stepbystep for saidsuccessive articles, and means to move the' receiving means from one level to another level to receive a second row of articles upon the first row with their designations in position to be observed, said moving y means being operative to move sai'd receiv-v ing means in a direction reverse to its direction during depositing of the first row 'of articles therein. I

3. machine of the character described f comprising 'means to retain articles bearing designations, means to rotate sai-d ,artlof the articles i'n a row side by side with their designations in like positions.

5. A machine of the character described comprising means to retain articles bearing designations, means-to rotate said articles and stop them with their designations in a definite position With respect to their final position of deposit, means to deposit said articles Withitheir designations imposition to be observed, means to receive a series of articles, means to move deposited articlesl step-by-step for assembling of the larticles. in a row side by` side, and means to move said receiving means from one level to another level to receive a second row of articles upon the first row With their designations in position to be observed.

6. A machine of thev character described comprising means to rotate articles bearing designationsv and provided with projegtions, stop means in the path of the rotating projections to stop said articles withv their designations in a .definite position with respect totheir final'position of deposit, and means to deposit said articleswith their designations in position to be observed.

7. A machine'as setv forth in claim 6, in which the means for rotating the articles includes means to release the articles from rotational force.

8. A machine of the character describedl comprising. means to rotate articles bear-l ing designations and provlded With projections, stop means in the path of the rotating projections to stop said articles with their designations in a definite position with respect to their final positionv of deposit,

said means to rotate the articles being movable toward and from the latter to engage" `and release.- the articles, and means to deposit said articles in osition to beobservd.

9. A machine of t e character described comprising means to rotate articles bearing vdesignations and provided with projections, stop'means in the path of the ro-` tating projections 'to stop saidarticles'iavith their designations in a definite position with respect to their final position of deposit,

said means to rotate the articles including a spring actuated clutch to rotate the articles and release them from rotational force when their projections engage the saidstop, and

means to remove the articles from relation to the rotating means and deposit said articles With their designations in position'to be observed.

10. A machine of the character described comprising means to Arotate articles .bearing `designations and provided 'with projections, said means including one or more rotative designations and provided with projections,-

said means including one or morerotative members movable relatively tothe articles to engage and release the same, a retainer for the articles, stop means to engage the projections of the articles to stop them with their designations in a deiinite position with respect to their final position of deposit, and reciprocative means toengage the articles when positioned by the stop means and deposit said articles with -their designations in position to be observed.

12. A machine as set forthin claim 11, in which the reciprocative means includes fingers adapted to engage said articles, said fingers being carriedby rockable arms to move the lingers from article receiving to article depositing-position, and vice-versa,

. with means to retain the articles suspended and means to actuate said arms.

13. A machine of the characterdescribed comprising means toretain articles bearing designations and provided with projections, stop means for said articles to'position their designations with respect to their final position of deposit, continuouslyV rotative Lmeans for rotating said articles, devices to cause said rotative means to engage and disengage said articles, and means to vgrip said articles in a roivjside 'by `articles and remove them from the retainer when theyhave been released from the rotating vmeans and to deposit said articles witlrtheir cdesignations in position to be observed.

v14:. A machine as set forthin claim 13, provided with means to remove deposited articles step-by-step for assemblingfof the side with their designations in like position.

15. A machine of the character described -comprising "means to position articles bearing designations with their designations in` a definite position with respect to their final position of deposit, grippmg meansl to receive' said articles and deposit themssuccessively with their designations in position to be observed, receiving meansl for said articles, means to move said receiving means 1 stepy-'step for successive articles deposited therein, and means to release each of the articles in said receiving means.

16. A machine of the character described comprising means to position articles bearing designations with their designations in a definite positionwith respect to their final' position of deposit, gripping means' to receive said articles and deposit them successively with their designations in position.

lto be observed, a receiver for the articles 1 open at the top and bottom and provided with means 'to retain the articles suspended therein, means to move said receiving means step by step .for receipt of articles successively therein with their designations uppermost, and means to'insert a box Within the receiver for charging the articles therein.

17. .A machine as set forth invclaim 16, in

which the means for moving the receiver includes means to advance the receiver stepby-step a definite vnumber of times in one direction and step-by-stepadenite number of times in an opposite direction, with means to move the receiver from one level to another level rfor depositing rows of articles in the receiver one upon another.

' 18. A machine of the character described comprising means to position articles 'bearing designations with their designations in a definite position with respect to their final deposit, gripping means to re position of articles and deposit them succeive said cessively with their designations in position to be observed, a receiver for the articles open at the top and lbottom-and provided therein, a pair of spaced racks connected with the receiver, a gear adapted to mesh with said racks alternately, means to move one rack out of mesh and the other rack'l v.ceiver'for charging the articles therein.

19. A machine of the character-described comprising means to position articlesbearing designations with their designations in.

adenite positionwith respect to their final position of deposit, gripping means to receive said articles and deposit themv suc-v cessively with their designations in position to be observed, a receiver for the articles p en at the top and bottom and provided, with means to retainthe articles suspended therein, aA pair of spaced racks connected with the receiver', a gear adapted to mesh with said racks' alternately, means vto move msv one rack out' of mesh and the other rack during corresponding travel of the receiver,

into mesh with said gear, and vice-versa,v a platform movably supported below theremeans to rotate saidl gear step-by-step, 'said ceiver to be moved toward and from thc yl0 vreceiver being connected with the racks to same with a box thereon, and means to move 5- be moved therewith from one level to anthe platform toward and from the receiver Y other for receiving first one row of articles at will.

and then another rovv of articles thereon ERNEST D; ANDERSON. 

